PROF. KEIGO AKIMOTO
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Kyoto, Japan
Prof. Keigo Akimoto received his Ph.D. degree from Yokohama National University in 1999. He joined RITE in 1999, and in 2012 became the Leader of the Group and a chief researcher at RITE. He was a guest professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo between 2010 and 2015 and was a Specially Appointed Professor at the Institute of Innovative Research – Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2022. He is also a Lead Author for the Fifth and Sixth Assessment Report of IPCC. His scientific interests are in modeling and analysis of energy and environment systems.
Prof. Akimoto is a member of several advisory bodies on energy and environmental policy for the Japanese government including:
– Strategic Policy Committee of Advisory Committee in Natural Resources and Energy.
– Subcommittee on 2050 Study of next-generation energy supply and demand structure in view of carbon neutral, Strategic Policy Committee of Advisory Committee in Natural Resources and Energy.
– Power Generation Cost Verification Working Group, Strategic Policy Committee of Advisory Committee in Natural Resources and Energy.
– Strategic Policy Subcommittee on Electricity and Gas Industry, Electricity and Gas Industry Committee of Advisory Committee in Natural Resources and Energy (Deputy Chair).
– Subcommittee of Hydrogen policy on Energy Saving and New Energy in Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy.
– Subcommittee of Decarbonating fuel policy such as ammonia on Resource fuel sub-division in Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy.
– Procurement Price Calculation Committee of METI (Deputy Chair).
– Transition Finance Environment Improvement Study Group of METI.
– Taskforce for Formulating Roadmaps for Promoting Transition Finance in METI (Chair).
– Climate change impact subcommittee in Central Environment Council
He also serves on advisory bodies for Osaka prefecture, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO), and others.